Wilt Chamberlain has gotten the most rebounds in a game, with 55 boards versus the Celtics on November 24, 1960.

Interpreted as:

most rebounds by a player in a single regular-season game in NBA

	NAME	REB	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	55	11/24/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	34	4	15	43	34.9	4	10	40.0	35.9	3
2	Bill Russell B. Russell	51	2/5/1960	BOS	vs	SYR	48	23	5	8	16	50.0	7	10	70.0	56.4	1
3	Bill Russell B. Russell	49	3/11/1965	BOS		DET	48	27	6	11	24	45.8	5	7	71.4	49.9	1
4	Bill Russell B. Russell	49	11/16/1957	BOS	vs	PHI	43	28	4	11	21	52.4	6	13	46.2	52.4	3
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	1/21/1961	PHI	vs	LAL	48	56	0	25	46	54.3	6	13	46.2	54.1	2
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	2/6/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	48	44	3	15	37	40.5	14	23	60.9	46.7	2
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	3/6/1965	PHI	vs	BOS	48	27	8	10	22	45.5	7	17	41.2	45.8	4
8	Bill Russell B. Russell	43	1/20/1963	BOS	vs	LAL	48	29	3	11	22	50.0	7	11	63.6	54.0	4
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	12/8/1961	PHI	vs	LAL	63	78	1	31	62	50.0	16	31	51.6	51.6	4
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	1/15/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	44	2	16	42	38.1	12	19	63.2	43.7	2
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	11/10/1959	PHI	vs	NYK	48	39	4	14	29	48.3	11	19	57.9	52.2	3
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	3/7/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	53	12	6	3	8	37.5	6	12	50.0	45.2	2
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	1/14/1966	PHI	vs	BOS	48	37	6	15	28	53.6	7	14	50.0	54.2	2
14	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	42	11/9/1965	SFW	vs	DET	48	18	3	6	17	35.3	6	13	46.2	39.6	2
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	42	1/25/1960	PHI		DET	47	58	4	24	41	58.5	10	13	76.9	62.1	3
16	Bill Russell B. Russell	41	3/14/1965	BOS	vs	SFW	48	20	4	6	16	37.5	8	9	88.9	50.1	3
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	41	10/26/1962	SFW	vs	DET	53	50	1	20	29	69.0	10	19	52.6	66.9	0
18	Bill Russell B. Russell	41	2/12/1958	BOS	vs	SYR	40	18	7	8	22	36.4	2	4	50.0	37.9	3
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	12/28/1965	PHI	vs	BOS	48	31	6	11	25	44.0	9	12	75.0	51.2	2
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	11/22/1964	SFW	vs	DET	48	50	0	21	39	53.8	8	21	38.1	51.8	1
21	Jerry Lucas J. Lucas	40	2/29/1964	CIN	@	PHI		28	3	11	19	57.9	6	6	100.0	64.7	4
22	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	2/12/1961	BOS	vs	PHI	48	19	4	9	26	34.6	1	4	25.0	34.2	5
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	40	11/4/1959	PHI	vs	SYR	47	41	0	17	40	42.5	7	15	46.7	44.0	1
24	Bill Russell B. Russell	40	12/12/1958	BOS	vs	CIN	53	20	5	6	20	30.0	8	9	88.9	41.7	0
25	Bill Russell B. Russell	39	12/21/1961	BOS		NYK	48	16		6			4	6	66.7		4